Lead Network Engineer – Backbone Engineering

Salesforce

Lead Network Engineer for Salesforce managing network capacity and connectivity. Collaborating with teams in a dynamic environment to drive infrastructure excellence.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeMcLean • California, Virginia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $172,500 - $260,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleLinuxPythonUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Act as a liaison with the vendor sourcing team
Helping to develop and maintain metrics on our capacity vendors
Project managing new capacity installs with various teams including sourcing and field engineering
Updating the network and associated datastores for capacity additions and decommissions
Work with various teams to provide feedback, document, and implement various new network designs
Developing in Python, Ansible for network configuration automation
Work with our connectivity partners and customer engagement teams for any customer troubleshooting issues
Help with BGP peering relationship management and peering network design
Backbone router migrations/grooms/decoms
Network design life cycles including documentation and collaborative approvals
Maintaining Network Data SoTs

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum 7 years in production network environments, or comparable experience
Proven project management skills
Experience working with telecommunications vendors
Experience with Cisco and Juniper carrier-class routers (ex: ASR9K, CRS, MX960, PTX, MX2K)
Experience with Cisco Nexus-based switches
Knowledge of routing protocols such as BGP and IS-IS
Fundamental understanding of WDM technologies
Strong Python coding skills
Good understanding of Unix/Linux-based operating systems
Experience developing and maintaining network automation tools (e.g. Ansible)
Experience with Git, or other version control systems
The ability to self-manage multiple projects at one time
A good understanding of the current state of AI, machine learning, LLMs, MCP, etc.
A related technical degree required.

Benefits

Comp & perks

time off programs
medical
dental
vision
mental health support
paid parental leave
life and disability insurance
401(k)
employee stock purchasing program

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonAnsibleBGPIS-ISWDM technologiesCisco routersJuniper routersNexus switchesnetwork automationUnix/Linux

Soft Skills

project managementself-managementcollaborationcommunication

Certifications

related technical degree